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Press Release

ROYAL HUNT announced the beginning of pre-ordering campaign for their new studio album.  A second part of their monumental opus – Dystopia – Part 2. The band invites fans to support the release by pre-ordering the DELUXE EDITION of “Dystopia – Part 2”.  This will give ACCESS to exclusive materials:

• Full video updates.
• First-hand information and media.
• Listening parties – you will be the first to hear the new material.
• VIP shopping for individual items.
• Album download on the release date.

The campaign will be run by the bands home label NorthPoint Productions (Denmark) – as usual – “thus we are free to decide when to release, what to release, in which format and with how many extras” – says the Band on their Facebook page.  The “regular” CDs  will  be distributed by Sound Pollution (Sweden) .

From the  band

Message from the band: “Thinking back to the release date of the “Part 1” back in 2020 makes you realize what a crazy time we all went through just during the last two years: who could have imagined that our “Dystopia” – project would reflect the harsh reality in such detail? And the madness is still ongoing.
In any case, “Dystopia – Part 2” is even more relevant today than ever: we followed the general concept yet filled it up with images of current events in order to make it resonate with every person, everybody living through 2020 to 2022 and watching insanity to unfold in real time”.

André Andersen: “Believe me, the band and it`s respected guests put everything on the line on this record, the amount of hours we all invested in planning and executing this piece is simply mind blowing. Actually, as I´m writing this note, the process is still ongoing: there´re still plenty of tracks to sort out, plenty of new ones to record and hundreds of decisions to make but – already at this stage – it´s hard to ignore the sheer energy/power impact encapsulated in this piece of work”.

Take your seats. Everybody is welcome. Let’s have fun! 

Latest album

“DYSTOPIA – PART 1” was released on December 16th, 2020 via King Records (Japan/SE Asia) and on January 15th via NorthPoint Productions (Europe/N & S America).  A concept album offering a considerable expansion of the band´s trademark sound. It features performances by guest vocalists: Mats Leven (Candlemass, TSO, Skyblood), Mark Boals (Y.J. Malmsteen, Ring of Fire), Henrik Brockmann (Royal Hunt, Evil Masquerade, N´Tribe), Kenny Lubcke (Narita, Zoser Mez) and Alexandra Andersen (Royal Hunt, JSP).

“Dystopia – Part 1” is available on ALL digital platforms (as MP3, FLAC).  A regular CD (jewel case), various deluxe editions / bundles and a double heavy vinyl LP can be found at royalhunt.com/store.

Spotify: http://bit.ly/dystopia-spotify
iTunes: http://bit.ly/dystopia-itunes
YouTube: http://bit.ly/dystopia-youtube
Amazon: http://bit.ly/dystopia-amazon

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ROYAL HUNT ANNOUNCE THE RE-ISSUE OF THEIR 2005 STUDIO ALBUM “PAPER BLOOD” AS A DOUBLE LP AND AN EXTENDED CD.

ROYAL HUNT announced a re-issued version of their 2005 studio album “Paper Blood” as a double LP and a newly designed digipak. Both are collector’s and limited editions which include bonus tracks as well as extended booklets.

Message from the band on their Facebook page:

“Hey all! It´s finally summer: the sun is shining, ice cubes becoming a necessity, drinks are getting larger and even (some of) the musical entertainment is slowly but surely coming back… so let us add a little bit to all that goodness: Paper Blood ” is getting a re-release treatment. Yep, that´s right, you can go to our webshop and check it out for yourself – see, summer just got a tiny little bit more exciting!”

Paper Blood – Reissue 2021:

⚈ A double orange vinyl featuring a lyrics inner sheet, two bonus tracks, housed in a 5 mm spine non-gatefold 3D (lenticular) cover. Limited edition, handnumbered copies. (Night Of The Vinyl Dead, Italy, Cat. NIGHT339)

Tracklisting:
1. Break Your Chains 5:30
2. Not My Kind 6:19
3. Memory Lane 5:18
4. Never Give Up 5.30
5. Seven Days 6:18
6. SK 983 4:39
7. Kiss Of Faith 5.16
8. Paper Blood 5.06
9. Season’s Change 4.53
10. Twice Around The World 7:15
11. Bonus Track: Long Way Home (acoustic version)
12. Bonus Track: Day in Day out (new version)

⚈ A collector’s edition CD featuring 4 bonus tracks in a digipak with soft touch cover incl. 12 page booklet containing lyrics and tons of archive photos from PB-era.(Northpoint Productions, Denmark. Cat.0621104-1NPP, UPS:0200000095468)

Tracklisting:
1. Break Your Chains 5:30
2. Not My Kind 6:19
3. Memory Lane 5:18
4. Never Give Up 5.30
5. Seven Days 6:18
6. SK 983 4:39
7. Kiss Of Faith 5.16
8. Paper Blood 5.06
9. Season’s Change 4.53
10. Twice Around The World 7:15
11. Bonus Track: Day In Day Out (new version)
12. Bonus Track: Never Give Up (live 2006)
13. Bonus Track: One By One (new version)
14. Bonus Track: Paper Blood (live 2006)

About the album.

“RH burst out with Paper Blood in 2005- a furiously melodic gem which playfully danced among 80s hard rock, prog metal, and power metal. John West charges through these tracks with an arena-ready voice of the gods and he’s the main reason why there’s an 80s flavor to this, aside from the guitar crunch and attitude. His voice isn’t quite as operatic as most power metal singers and isn’t as clean as most prog metal singers. Instead, he sounds more like a huskier Bon Jovi or any number of AOR vocalists, which isn’t a bad thing. Get it out of your head right now that that’s a bad thing.

Throughout the entire album the keyboards buzz right through your body, severing bone and muscle in the most pleasurable way possible. They’re not brutal, but the tone used is so heavy and astral that it makes you think twice about pissing on them as leading instruments. If you’re going to listen to music like this, you should expect to hear keyboards and like them in healthy quantities. The good thing is that this album loves them, but they’re not flowery and there’s a solid riff base supporting all this. I dare you to sit through any of the three instrumentals without going through the rest of your life with a brain of fried mush.

Lyrically, Paper Blood is about money and how it practically runs through all of our veins, capillaries, and arteries, figuratively speaking. It took me a while to figure out what the hell paper blood is, but when it dawned on me it was marvelous. The social consciousness prog is known for is well on display here, rest assured. Songs such as “Break Your Chains”(which was nominated for a best metal song on a list a couple years ago) and “Never Give Up” also deliver powerful messages of self-actualization and self-empowerment. We sure need that nowadays.

Royal Hunt continue to show they are a unique voice in progressive metal, striking a steady balance between brawn and elegance, retro and modern”. – review by Necrobobsledder / www.metal-archives.com

 
Get on LP / CD https://royalhunt.com/store
Spotify https://bit.ly/paper_blood_spotify
YouTube https://bit.ly/paper_blood_youtube
iTunes https://bit.ly/paper_blood_itunes
Amazon https://bit.ly/paper_blood_amazon

 

 

 

 
 
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ROYAL HUNT will release their new studio album – “Dystopia” – on December 16th via King Records (Japan/SE Asia) and on December 18th via NorthPoint Productions (Europe/N & S America). A concept album offering a considerable expansion of the band´s trademark sound and featuring performances by guest vocalists: Mats Leven (Candlemass, TSO, Skyblood), Mark Boals (Y.J. Malmsteen, Ring of Fire), Henrik Brockmann (Royal Hunt, Evil Masquerade, N´Tribe), Kenny Lubcke (Narita, Zoser Mez) and Alexandra Andersen (Royal Hunt, JSP).

“Dystopia” will be released in following formats: regular CD (jewel case), various Deluxe editions / bundles and a gatefold, heavy vinyl LP.

Pre-ordering campaign has started at: royalhunt.com

ROYAL HUNT keep intriguing fans with their adventurous endeavors and the band´s 15th studio album is no exception: a monumental concept opus featuring symphonic, progressive yet hard hitting compositions full of impeccable performances, wrapped tightly into immediately accessible format and a lush, contemporary production.

The addition of some extraordinary guest singers and their outstanding performances combined with vastly extended orchestrations creates a truly conceptual, cinematic feel throughout each and every track.

Tracklist:

INCEPTION ℉451 – BURN – THE ART OF DYING – I USED TO WALK ALONE – THE EYE OF OBLIVION – HOUND OF THE DAMNED – THE MISSING PAGE (Intermission I) – BLACK BUTTERFLIES – SNAKE EYES – MIDWAY (Intermission II)

A special Edition of “Clown In The Mirror” LP remastered for vinyl will be released in the end of November 2020 by Night Of The Vinyl Dead (Italy).

Bone colored vinyl with brown splatters featuring separate lyrics sheet and die cut cover with screen printed clown on a mirror paper.

The signed LP is now available for pre-order at royalhunt.com.

The band stated: “As everybody´s staying home with a very limited access to any kind of sport activities, we decided to poke a little fun on this whole situation by ordering some personalized team t-shirts… you know, the ones with your name on the back.

The original idea was to make one for each member of the band, but why – as our team reasonably asked – why not include some of our fans to the list?

Sure thing: follow the link below and become a member of our “can´t-get-out-of-the-house-but-at-least-I-got-a-smart-sporty-tshirt” team. Cheers!”

#stayhomestaymetal

royalhunt.com/product/team-t-shirt

While ROYAL HUNT have isolated themselves in a studio working on the new CONCEPT album – their ENTIRE CATALOGUE has been released on digital download and streaming services like iTunes, Spotify, Amazon music, etc. More information and direct links can be found at royalhunt.com/discography

“…go ahead, have fun during the quarantine (and beyond) – listen and share with friends… Stay safe \m/” – say bandmembers on their Facebook page.

We are proud and excited to announce a worldwide release of ROYAL HUNT´s new studio album – “Cast in Stone” – on February 21st, 2018. Tracklisting: 1.FISTFUL OF MISERY 2.THE LAST SOUL ALIVE 3.SACRIFICE 4.THE WISHING WELL 5.CAST IN STONE 6.A MILLION WAYS TO DIE 7.REST IN PEACE 8.SAVE ME II.